Algeria played Bolivia in a friendly at Rock Chalk Park in Kansas on Tuesday, June 9, with announced lineups on the field and players warming up ahead of kick‑off.
The match was scheduled as part of Algeria’s final build‑up for the World Cup; Algeria is due to open the tournament against reigning champions Argentina on June 16, and the team used the U.S. window for its last live tests.
The Algerian Football Federation deployed a South American‑heavy warm‑up slate by arranging friendlies such as the Kansas date. The North African side arrived in the United States off a run of encouraging results this month — a 7‑0 win over Guatemala, a 0‑0 draw with Uruguay and a 1‑0 victory over the Netherlands last weekend — that the coaching staff had hoped to consolidate before the tournament began.
Bolivia entered the Kansas fixture as the visitors’ late‑window opponent after a difficult weekend in New Jersey, where Bolivia lost 4‑0 to Scotland in Harrison on Saturday. That Scotland defeat was Bolivia’s heaviest reported result in the current window; the Kansas friendly was Bolivia’s second match in the series of friendlies following their playoff exit from World Cup qualification.
Bolivia have not been at the World Cup since 1994 and missed this edition after losing to Iraq in the inter‑confederation play‑offs, making these friendlies part of a rebuilding agenda rather than a final tune‑up for a tournament. For Algeria, by contrast, the Kansas game was one of the last scheduled opportunities for the coaching staff to assess combinations and match fitness against South American opposition.
Organizers announced lineups ahead of the match and teams were reported warming up on the pitch, suggesting the game proceeded as planned in Kansas without notable scheduling changes. The friendly provided both sides a controlled environment to test personnel: Algeria looking to validate recent positive results, Bolivia working through personnel and tactics after a heavy loss to Scotland.
The Rock Chalk Park meeting in Kansas completed Algeria’s U.S. warm‑up itinerary and set the stage for a quick turnaround to its World Cup opener. Algeria’s next confirmed fixture remains the June 16 match against Argentina, while Bolivia continues to piece together international windows for development following its failed qualification campaign.
For readers tracking fixtures: the Kansas friendly was the concrete late‑window engagement that put both teams into match rhythm — Algeria as a final rehearsal before a major tournament start on June 16, Bolivia as part of a short slate of friendlies after missing qualification and suffering a 4‑0 defeat in New Jersey the previous weekend.
